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S Africa police find stolen art in cemetery

Four of five paintings stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum recovered 620 miles away in Port Elizabeth.
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2012 01:41

Police in South Africa say four of the five paintings stolen from an art museum in Pretoria on Sunday have been found.

The paintings, which are worth $2m, were found 620 miles away by a "wall of remembrance" at a church cemetery in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth.

Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Pretoria.

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